1917 in Belgium explained

Events in the year 1917 in Belgium.

Incumbents

• Monarch

Albert I^[1]

• Prime Minister

Charles de Broqueville

Events

• 1 May – Emilius Seghers consecrated as bishop of Ghent
• 7–14 June – Battle of Messines (1917)
• 31 July – 10 November – Battle of Passchendaele (also called Third Battle of Ypres)
• 31 July – 2 August – Battle of Pilckem Ridge
• 16–18 August – Battle of Langemarck (1917)
• 20–26 September – Battle of the Menin Road Ridge
• 26 September – 3 October – Battle of Polygon Wood
• 4 October – Battle of Broodseinde
• 9 October – Battle of Poelcappelle
• 12 October – First Battle of Passchendaele
• 26 October – 10 November – Second Battle of Passchendaele

Publications

• Émile Cammaerts, Through the Iron Bars (Two Years of German Occupation in Belgium), with illustrations by Louis Raemaekers (London and New York, John Lane).^[2]
• Hugh Gibson, A Diplomatic Diary (London, New York and Toronto, Hodder and Stoughton, 1917).^[3]
• Arnold J. Toynbee, The Belgian Deportations (London, T. Fisher Unwin)^[4]
• Leon van der Essen, The Invasion & the War in Belgium from Liège to the Yser, with a sketch of the diplomatic negotiations preceding the conflict (London, T.F. Unwin).^[5]

Births

• 30 January – Jan Verroken, politician (died 2020)
• 1 April – Michel Donnet, military pilot (died 2013)
• 16 May – Raymond Laurent, herpetologist (died 2005)
• 21 May – Jules-François Crahay, fashion designer (died 1988)
• 15 June – Jean Alexandre, cyclist
• 28 June – Albert de Cleyn, footballer (died 1990)
• 25 July – Charles Brahm, Olympic canoeist (died 2003)
• 7 August – Catherine Stevens, athlete
• 23 August – André Waterkeyn, engineer (died 2005)
• 2 October – Christian de Duve, biochemist (died 2013)
• 22 October – Eugene Deckers, actor (died 1977)

Deaths

• 5 January – Félix Wielemans (born 1863), Army Chief of Staff
• 30 January – Mutien-Marie Wiaux (born 1841), saint
• 2 March – Jules Van Dievoet (born 1844), lawyer
• 6 March – Jules Vandenpeereboom (born 1843), politician
• 25–26 March – Van Raemdonck Brothers, soldiers
• 13 May – Jules Schmalzigaug (born 1882/3), painter
• 28 May – Raoul Warocqué (born 1870), industrialist
• 7 June – Willie Redmond (born 1861), Irish nationalist
• 29 June – Frans Schollaert (born 1851), politician
• 4 July – Frank Shanley (born 1889), English footballer
• 12 July – Donald Cunnell (born 1893), British flying ace
• 31 July – Hedd Wyn (born 1887), poet
• 10 August – James Brannick (born 1889), footballer
• 11 August – Harold Ackroyd (born 1877), physician
• 16 August – Willie Doyle (born 1873), Irish Jesuit
• 21 August – Nellie Spindler (born 1891), nurse
• 5 September – Arthur Verhaegen (born 1847), architect and politician
• 19 September – Émile de Borchgrave (born 1837), historian and diplomat
• 21 September – Frederick Birks (born 1894), Australian soldier
• 28 September
  • Patrick Bugden (born 1897), Australian soldier
  • Kurt Wissemann (born 1893), German flying ace
• 9 November – Paul Wittouck (born 1851), industrialist

Notes and References

1. Web site: Albert I king of Belgium . Encyclopedia Britannica . 28 March 2019 . en.
2. Web site: Through the iron bars (Two years of German occupation in Belgium) . 1917 .
3. Web site: A diplomatic diary, by Hugh Gibson, secretary of the American legation in Brussels . 1917 .
4. Web site: The Belgian deportations . 1917 .
5. Web site: The invasion & the war in Belgium from Liège to the Yser, with a sketch of the diplomatic negotiations preceding the conflict . 1917 .